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Peregrine falcon surveys and monitoring in the northeast Boreal region of Alberta, 2001

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Due to the widespread use and environmental accumulation of pesticide residues, the peregrine falcon population declined throughout North America during the 1950s and 1960s. Populations of the... More ≫

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Due to the widespread use and environmental accumulation of pesticide residues, the peregrine falcon population declined throughout North America during the 1950s and 1960s. Populations of the falcon improved following the ban of DDT in Canada in 1969 and efforts to protect the species. As a result of the population increase, the species was down-listed to Threatened in Alberta in 2000. Throughout the decline and subsequent recovery of peregrines in Alberta, annual monitoring has been an integral component of managing this species. In 2001, it was agreed that annual occupancy and productivity monitoring in three study areas of northern Alberta would be conducted. This report presents results from surveys in the Fort Chipewyan and Edmonton area during the summer of 2001.

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Peregrine falcon surveys and monitoring in the Parkland region of Alberta, 2001

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Due to the widespread use and environmental accumulation of pesticide residues, the peregrine falcon population declined throughout North America during the 1950s and 1960s. Populations of the... More ≫

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Due to the widespread use and environmental accumulation of pesticide residues, the peregrine falcon population declined throughout North America during the 1950s and 1960s. Populations of the falcon improved following the ban of DDT in Canada in 1969 and efforts to protect the species. As a result of the population increase, the species was down-listed from Endangered to Threatened in Alberta in 2000. The Parkland Region of Alberta supports a large percentage of the provincial population. Monitoring of the falcon population was conducted in the summer of 2000 and again in the summer of 2001. The results of the 2001 survey are discussed in this report.

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